[quote=“wolvie;20587”]I feel NX and SD are treating this game more as fully released rather than the beta label they slap on it. Now I haven’t played many games in beta, but shouldn’t you focus more on the core games problems rather than new content? I feel they’re are focusing more on releasing mercs rather making this game the competitive game they claim they want it to be. Like the new changes on Dome??? WTF SD! A game that wants to be competitive needs to make changes making certain jumps more difficult rather than excluding long jumps. And, they’re make shift schedule for releasing mercs? I didn’t realize I was playing a fully released game. They need to start focusing more on ways to achieve they’re goal then worry about new content. I think a lot of the community treats it like a fully released game. The BR rifles nerf coming in the CW update? The community reacted like they died. The devs have to test things out publicly while in BETA so they don’t screw up the larger player base they will have after release. I don’t know about anyone else, but I’d be willing to suffer through some bad changes to come out the other sides with a much more competitive skill base game.
UPDATE 1: One solution could be to fix this community. We’ve scared SD and NX away from taking risks because we kill them if they do.[/quote]
I completely agree with this. I wish to see game balance be more reasonable in pub matches. (I know it’s pretty even, but most matches I come into are pretty unbalanced. And can’t play comp because of shit connection.)
Or the main thing, a more smoother gameplay for DB. Some of us people can’t run the game nearly as good and I have to use a config which I don’t mind, but this may deter future players from playing this wonderful game. I would upgrade but don’t have the money.
I work in software development for a living and according to me you’re incorrect. We have beta programs that some of our customers participate in with our software and they know full well that we might have issues and that not all of the features are or are not fully fleshed out. They know this and choose to use the software anyway. Our Alpha software is more proof of concept to get a good idea of what we want the more finished product to be and the features we will need to implement.
Dirty Bomb is definitely a game in beta regardless of what certain people with entitlement issues believe.[/quote]
While true in software development, in game development / marketing, it has been hijacked as a pre-release trial and hype generator by the AAA developers/publishers. They have such a large internal QA, and payed play testers that by the time the public gets their hand on a “beta” its generally 99.9% a completed product. Just look at all the recent beta releases for COD, BF, etc. Generally the product that ships is nearly identical to the beta, bugs and all. You sometimes get a day0 patch but thats pretty rare.
Its merely a way to get gameplay video into twitch streams, youtube, reviewers, etc.[/quote]
It’s used as a way to get money out of a product earlier than you’d expect because people want the product. All while also getting quality feedback as you build out new features. That’s how we use it. Sound familiar?
I get that it’s become morally questionable how some companies treat betas, mostly due to Steam’s horrid Green Light system, which lets companies get away with murder. But DB is a proper beta and being done in the way that betas are supposed to be done.
If DB was a cash grab that didn’t have constant balance updates, content updates and new features I’d be onboard with calling it a morally reprehensible product that abuses the beta tag. But it’s not. They have provided the community with tons of information and updated consistently for almost a year now since the move to Steam.
Assigning labels without understanding what something actually is and tossing them all into the same barrel as if there is no difference is just weird to me.[/quote]
I agree with the statement that Dirty Bomb is a proper Beta. Their constant updates have shown me this. @Faraleth constantly updates us what the Dev is doing keeps us in touch with the development cycle.
My only issue with them is priorities. They need to prioritize balancing the game now then getting updates and causing more issues. Balance then update. Balance I understand is another issue whereby everyone is never happy but I hope they can find a middle ground and fix this.
For me 3 things need prioritisation:
Gun Balance
Matchmaking Balance (Comp & Pub)
Friend Party System
Map Balance (Which they have done but I still feel needs a bit more tweaking)
This is the biggest one of all if you want to make the game competitive. Try the ideas for a month that were suggested by your competitive players. You have nothing to lose. You can even try it in certain servers. Call it Test Comp servers.
Please listen to them. Many of them have quit and I see them playing Overwatch. They will return but you need to listen.
Also fix your damn RNGesus it’s terrible. Let people buy items they want then gamble so much and get nothing. You lose in the long term. Stop thinking short term and making a little money when you can get so much more in the long term by improving your store.
Listen don’t listen it’s up to you. You have plenty of similar posts and from comp players. Just take the time to read them please.
